Rachel Alexandra is in the Spa

2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra arrived at the Albany International Airport today on a flight from Louisville, Ky. with 19 other thoroughbreds from trainer Steve Asmussen's training stable headed for Saratoga Race Course. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

UPDATE: NYRA is saying that Rachel could run in the Ruffian Handicap on Sunday, Aug. 1 or the Personal Ensign on Sunday, Aug. 29, both for fillies and mares.

Why should the people of this State pay to the tune of millions for racing at Saratoga when they do not attend these races but the rich and famous do attend this is a money making venture..yet programs and services which everyone needs are cut from the budget..this is what is wrong with this state..millions and millions to line officials pockets..shame on these officials..

Thanks, DClark, not sure what Mr. Glimmerglass was looking at… Tex Sutton has a snappy Boeing 727 that comfortably fits over 20 horses, the tack, and their grooms…. I dont know of any corporate jets that do that…

Mike – Stop the hating, Zenyatta will never travel to NY. At this point I’m in doubt if they’ll even ship her to the BCC. I hope they do, but with Sheriff’s always claiming how much he hates to ship her, you won’t see her at Saratoga. It’s NY remember? We have detention barns!
And Bob – The 25 million that the state loaned to the NYRA so that the tracks could stay in business was because the state was supposed to pay NYRA monthly since April on 2009 for every month that the slots were not in place at Aqueduct, something that the state is in control of, not NYRA. If the state had done the right thing in the first place and had the slots in place NYRA would never had needed the loan from them. And notice how I continue to use the word loan. It is going to be paid back, it was not just given to them. So if you don’t know all the facts, please don’t go blasting people, or industries!
As for the rest of you who are haters and saying mean things, why are you even on here? Rachel fans don’t go on sites with articles about Zenyatta and bash her, and don’t tell me that there is nothing to bash, because there is nothing to bash about Rachel either, but people can be mean spirited and creative and I’m sure could come up with hateful things to say. If you don’t like Rachel. TAKE YOUR HATE SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!

Why do we have to bash either Rachel or Zenyatta? They are both great for the sport which really needs heroes right now. Maybe they will meet this season or they won’t. Hopefully they may meet in the BC. Until then lets just enjoy both these wonderful mares on their respective coasts and races. The sport needs both these ambassadors right now.

Pay attention, the HORSE IS NOT RACING IN SARATOGA. NYRA is turning into the joke of horse racing, losing another great horse, but hey we have all of the great photos of the horse landing in albany and spending it’s vacation here. By the way, check out my earlier post. Greedy owners don’t care about the sport, they care about the pay check. I can’t wait to watch the Travers on Versus.

If I recall, Rachel spent all last summer here at Saratoga shipped to Monmouth won the Haskell came back to Saratoga then won the Woodward. Nobody complained last year. It was a whole summer of will she/won’t she and in what race.